Enzephalon Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Hi folks, Long time no see, thanks to University. Well... I wanted to field the Chief Librarian Mephiston for quite some time now. But.... Compare his statline to this miniature: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/4/27/101117_md-Blood%20Angels,%20Headquarters,%20Librarian,%20Mephiston,%20Space%20Marines,%20Warhammer%2040,000.JPG I guess you can imagine what I try to point out here. His actual mini is not impressive... at all. On my research for conversion ideas I did not find many things which appealed to me either. There are some decent ones using Astorath. But I didn't want to go this road looking forward to the day where I maybe want to field Astorath aswell. So I laid Mephiston to rest. But then... some days ago I stumbled upon a picture of this reaper miniature: And imidiately I realized the conversion potential concerning the Mephiston I had in mind. http://coolminiornot.com/pics/pics4/img3ea6095218ca8.jpg There was still one problem. I needed a decent head with long floating hair. I didn't find anything usable. So I started out and tried some sculpting for the first time. And this is what I came up with: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/10/19/283406_md-.JPG http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/10/19/283407_md-.JPG It was pretty straight forward. Rolling little sausages of Green Stuff and sticking them to the head. Nothing sophisticated, but quite fiddly. Took me around one hour to do it. Tell me... What do you think about it? Working on this I got better from minute to minute which resulted in the fact that the hair on the right is thicker than the hair on the left. It's not as striking in the flesh as it is in the picture, but maybe I redo some of the streaks on the right. Talking about the final product it will be in the lines of the following picture. It's only a crappy overly in Microsoft Paint but you get the idea. I will upload pictures of the final conversion once the package with the Reaper mini arrives. http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/10/19/283418_md-.png Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eorek Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 http://www.coolminiornot.com/288530 Based my mephiston on astorath ... in hindsight I should have added some more mephy stuff like his psychic hood... But I kinda like how he turned out anyways :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2903989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzephalon Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Nice one... But was it worth it to buy Astorath just to rip out his torso? ^^ What happened to the rest of him? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2903999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eorek Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Well, Mephiston got his skull shoulders, a chaplain got his legs(reposed)+ other shoulder, dante got his back pack and wings, A librarian got his axe head and my chaos sorceror got 2 of those spine hafts as a staff(looked awesome) Edit: I've bought like 8 astorath and not build a singel one:D Just harvested him for organs! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzephalon Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Haha.. ^^ That's quite a lot of incarnations. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eorek Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Yea... I mean... my Astoraths have to feel like one of those quest mobs in world of warcraft that you have to kill(and over 9000 players doing that quest)... It's not my fault they gave him shiny stuff! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzephalon Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 He's shiny indeed.... I have to lock my money away so that I don't go out to buy him yet. I gathered too much unpainted stuff already. ^^ -> Quick update. Replaced the thick streaks on the right: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/10/19/283457_md-.JPG Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eorek Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I gathered to much unpainted stuff already. ^^ you have no idea... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Fell Hand Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I like it so far. I would try the hair again, this time taking an xacto knife and making a TON of lines running the length of the hair strands. They shouldn't look wild like SW hair, but it will really look great with thinner strands of hair. Conversion is awesome! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbusePuppy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Really liking the look of the conversion so far- hard to say on the hair, since greenstuff unpainted always looks kinda weird to me, but definitely looking forward to seeing it completed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzephalon Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 I like it so far. I would try the hair again, this time taking an xacto knife and making a TON of lines running the length of the hair strands. They shouldn't look wild like SW hair, but it will really look great with thinner strands of hair. Conversion is awesome! Funny that you mention that, because that's how I wanted to do it at first using this easy tutorial. Fur Sculpting Tutorial But it didn't look anything like I expected it. This it what I was going for: http://www.buffed.de/screenshots/original/2009/11/Arthas_05.jpg Visible single streaks of hair floating in the wind. Thank you for your comments though. Really appreciate it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBMAKENZIE Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Isnt the hair billowing the opposite way to the cloak? Looks good though! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws of Corax Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I like the concept, but I dont like how frail the human legs look. Not very Mariney or Lord of Deathy. My 2 pence worth. Claws Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I like the concept, but I dont like how frail the human legs look. Not very Mariney or Lord of Deathy. Yeah I thought they looked a little on the small side too Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzephalon Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Concerning the direction of the hair. The cloth on the feet is moving in the same direction, so thats where the wind goes. The cape is thrown around while he is moving his upper body making it point a little bit outwards. At least thats my explanation. ^^ Talking about the size of his feet. I do not know if my picture shows the right proportions. But if you are right and they turn out to be too fragile I definetly have to fix that somehow. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eorek Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 You could replace the visible leg with a power armour leg quite easy Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzephalon Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Yes... I guess so too. Only problem is that it's made out of metal. Takes the right tools and much more time to do it right. ^^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eorek Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Dremler tool... As in 40k Violence solves everything!" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2904897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelOfDeathXIII Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Looks quite good! Will you be adding a Psycic hood around it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240553-mephiston-hair-sculpt-for-conversion/#findComment-2905631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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